Tiling the Kitchen

IT'S DONE!!! The dreaded white linoleum is now gone and beautiful tiles have been laid to replace them in the kitchen. After 7-days of work (without a kitchen stove and almost entirely all takeout/fast food), we now have a beautifully tiled kitchen floor. Here are the photos for the entire process. I hope you are as dazzled with the transformation as we were!

Here are our before shots:

Then began the process of tearing up the linoleum. We found that the construction builders had laid bacherboard under the linoleum instead of applying it directly to the floor board. Hooray! That knocked off a huge chunk of work for us. Backerboard is one of the worse things to cut and lay.

Next, we laid the main tiles.

Andrew then cut the special tiles and laid them 24 hours later.

After another 24-hours of drying (or at least close to it), we applied the grout. This meant cleaning the gaps first (my job!).

Then after letting the grout set for 30 or so minutes, the grout needed to be smoothed and cleaned.

While Andrew worked on sealing and cutting, I worked on staining and painting.

After much ado, here is the finished product (approximately 48-hours after the grout was finished we were able to move the appliances back into the kitchen).

Isn't it pretty?!?! The tile in the kitchen now matches the tile we did in the dining room last year. I want to say thank you to my husband for working so darn hard and for putting up with his very moody wife. I love you Andrew! Thank you for all the hard work, skill, and wisdom you have. I am so blessed by you. Thank God this is finished!!!